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Fabric industry
"Grow your own jeans": a British plan to reshape the textile industry
Jul 1, 2021
A pilot project in northwestern England aims to manufacture clothing locally, without the lengthy supply chains and pollution.
Tariffs come for fleece, send Jo-Ann CEO to Washington
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Phoebe Unterman
Aug 23, 2018
The arts and crafts retailer is enlisting customers on its listserv to petition the taxes on Chinese products.
Denim makers are making jeans stretchier to get in on the athleisure market
by
Andy Uhler
Aug 1, 2017
Jean sales dropped 4.5 percent in 2014 and 3.4 percent in 2015 but are on the upswing this year, thanks, in part, to stretchier fabrics.